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New Glarus Unplugged Belgian Quadruple

 (RETIRED)
New Glarus Unplugged Belgian Quadruple - Abt/Quadrupel

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 Percentile 
96
overall
Formerly brewed at New Glarus Brewing Company
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

New Glarus, Wisconsin USA

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 Ratings  Average  Score  Seasonal  ABV  Style Pctl  Serve in 
2703.76/5.03.74/5.0Special11%72.5Trappist glass
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Commercial Description:
Inspired by the Trappist brewers of Belgium, our heavyweight Quadruple tips the O.G. scales at 25 degrees P. Master Brewer, Daniel Carey, sourced the Brett yeast that boldly frames this refined and complex strong ale. First coddled in our Oak lager tanks and then slowly matured in bourbon barrels. This is a bold beer that sips like a refined cordial of nutmeg, dried cherries and vanilla. Perfect for lying down or sipping by the fire tonight. http://www.newglarusbrewing.com/beers/unplugged belgian quad.html
 Most Recent Top Raters Highest Ratings Who's Rated This?  
 sliffy (1966), Columbus, Ohio, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
May 9, 2007  
Bottle shared by nolankowal: Pours a clear amber color with an off white head. Aroma, caramel, some spice, molasses, and some fruits, with a nice underlying funk to it. Flavor, oak and vanilla, brown sugar, caramel, some spices, and a yeasty/bready character that went really nice with the light sourness. This was damn good.


 jimbowood (947), Athens, Georgia, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/105/57/105/517/20
May 8, 2007  
Bottle courtesy of moejuck. This is a subtle quad- doesn’t hsve the huge candy sugar/alcohol punch. Tinge of barley wine notes in the flavor. Good nonetheless.


 Gurst (338), Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
3.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/103/515/20
May 7, 2007  
An elixer, in every since of the word. The consistency is sticky and the taste is fruit, greens, and yeast. Earthy tones, but they get subdued quickly by a monstrous wave of alcohol.


 oakbluff (298), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
3.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/103/57/103/515/20
May 6, 2007  
Pours a burnt orange with little head. Nose is sour, some fruit. Taste- metallic taste with moderate carbonation. Fairly boozy (upon further research I see its 11% so that explains it), with a sweet sticky consistency. I was hoping for more brett flavour and advertised on the bottle, but couldn’t find much. There is some sourness, but I think the booze kicked the crap out of the brett. Cherry fruit is prominent, along with other dried dark fruits. Some wood from the bourbon, but understated all and all. This is a very complex brew- lots going on which I normally enjoy, but I just can’t get into this one. Not a fan of the finish of the beer- tad too hot. Perhaps it needs more time to mellow out. I will cellar my remaining bottles and revist in a few months.


 hezron (600), Viroqua, Wisconsin, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/517/20
May 5, 2007  
Brett on the nose, funky barnyard, fruity with some dark fruit and caramel. I’m very surprised at the strength of the Belgian character. Some oak, lots of yeast character. Interesting. Medium-amber in color, very clear with a thin, off-white head. Flavor is sweet, with raisins, brown sugar, cherry pits, caramel and dried fruit. Warming with a hint of sourness (acetic acid) but it is very subtle. Then a buttery oak flavor comes through in the finish, perhaps a hint of bourbon and an almost astringent finish. Full bodied, creamy texture, fairly sweet, while staying dry in the finish. The main flaw is some noticeable alcohol. An interesting, complex beer.


 troyc (1173), Lubbock, Texas, USA
3.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/514/20
May 5, 2007  
(Bottle) Pours a nice amber color with a moderate amount of head. Good lacing. Aroma of sweet grapes and sugar. Taste includes oak and light spice. Overall, the alcohol is rather well hidden under everything else that’s going on here. Crisp, dry finish. A good brew!


 shp555 (1678), Atlanta, Georgia, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/56/103/516/20
May 5, 2007  
Pours a hazy raspberry color with a white head. Aroma is of tart fruit. Flavor is malty, with tart raspberry finish.


 undsioux7 (553), Cologne, Minnesota, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/57/103/516/20
May 4, 2007  
bottle. Pours clear copper/amber with almost no head. A sweeter, more toned down rochofert 10. Candy sugar, funk, oak, bourbon, cherries, alchohol,. Finishes pretty dry. Crushes my weak pallete like most belgians.



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